We are not paying you an extreme amount of money to advance your homosexual endeavors in Sacramento. If we don't vote these people out, nothing will get done.

We have a recession going on and it seems Sacramento refuses to see it. Our governor put a freeze on pay raises, and then pay raises were given to political aids. What has happened here, governor? Was this rescinded or overlooked?

Delta pipeline construction to Los Angeles and a high-speed rail line costing billions of dollars — one is devastation of the Delta, the other is a tremendous debt to this state. We need to get out of debt, and spending money is not a way to get there. We don't need a pencil-whipped budget, under the rug or behind the door, based on future forecasts.

If you get the chance, governor, check out the thousands of tax-supported agencies in California. Maybe some can be closed down. Governor, if you decide to check, bring a lunch — it will take awhile.

Ben Coleman

Lodi